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Supportive Care of the First 2 Ebola Virus Disease Patients at the Monrovia Medical Unit

Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 1;61(7):e47-51. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ420. Epub 2015 May 28.

Abstract

We describe the first 2 patients admitted to the Monrovia Medical Unit, a facility established to treat Liberian and international response workers with suspected or known Ebola virus disease (EVD). Their recoveries illustrate the value of local point-of-care diagnostics, parenteral therapies, and electrolyte replacement in EVD supportive care.

Keywords: Ebola; Liberia; acute kidney injury; hemorrhagic fever; point-of-care systems.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Adult
  • Ebolavirus*
  • Health Personnel
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Liberia
  • Male
  • Point-of-Care Systems